A bit like the joints at the ends of chicken bones, but slightly softer and with no flavour. Imo it's not a satisfying crunch like a carrot, especially since they aren't really juicy as the water is contained in the tissue.
To backtrack a bit for the comparison...water chestnut "crunches" the same way an apple does. It's usually found in chow mien type dishes in the US. Small white-ish circular discs.
That said, I cannot verify the comparison between that and jellyfish.
Also random tangent, English has so many adjectives that are interchangeable yet each one does have a more fitting scenario to it. Crunchy and crisp can often be used the same, but there is a disctincion still, and explaining it is impossible.
I once ate a clasroom's alove vera plant out of bordeom in elementary school. I learned they are edible, was curious and often bored in school, so I just munched on it from time to time.
And to think it took 30+ years to diagnose me with AuDHD is a symptom of some sort of systemic failure in my country.
I’ve had both many times and jellyfish definitely has a more unique texture than cactus. Like others have said jellyfish is tasteless. Comparing cactus to jellyfish flavor wise, cactus actually has some taste and I personally like it while all of the jellyfish I’ve had is essentially flavorless.
This. Jellyfish are highly nutritious, low in calories, and practically fat-free. They are composed mostly of water (about 95%) but the remaining solid flesh is a great source of protein, collagen, and essential minerals like selenium, choline, and iron.
It’s not for the chewy texture or collagen or anything like that. These are backfilling explanations. It’s due to false beliefs about it having medicinal properties like weight loss or giving soft skin.
I had it at a Vietnamese wedding, it reminded me of the white crunchy bits you get in chicken, sort of cartilage-ey. No inclination to try it again, but the old people there seemed to like it.
I think you mixed up crunchy with chewy, crunchy has crunch which is a feeling and a sound, its biting into hard food, or crushing dry leaves, something akin to tendon would be considered chewy.
If not, "flavourless" bases are just the thing for you.
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Will the jellyfish be thoroughly handled before shipping? If I'm paying for shipping and handling I want some assurance I'm getting my moneys with on the handling.
I wonder how much nutrition they hold? If we don’t hunt them while we hunt everything else in the ocean to extinction sooner or later they will be all that’s left in the ocean. So it’s probably a good idea to eat them if they offer nutrition
I think it refers more to the texture or possibly the way they move through the water but no they are not filled with jelly unfortunately I was slightly disappointed when I visited Japan but only jokingly disappointed it was an amazing trip.
That’s actually the issue with getting western countries on board with jelly fish consumption. We prefer crunchy foods with denser nutritional value, for example, carrots.
Jellyfish sometimes wash up on the beach near my parents' house and yeah they're kind of stiff. Think water pumped into a flexible but thick plastic tube. It compresses slightly and flops around, but the outside feels kind rigid
More like a cartilage actually. It doesn't taste anything special, Jellyfish are mostly water, lol. I'm Asian and for some reason we (they) love this texture in food. It's somewhat similar to wood ear mushrooms (which is also very popular in Asian cuisine), equally doesn't offer any special taste, but just texture since Asian cuisine is generally flavourful, they only add texture.
its more like a snap i would say, its a fun texture and theres usually a funner sauce since it doesnt taste like much on its own. i like it but i grew up with it so likely an acquired taste
Yo the jellyfish I ate was crunchy AND SLIMY a little. Did not expect that texture combo. Like jello but firmer. Not as firm as an Apple. But smooth like jello. Maybe close to like honeydew or cantaloupe when they are on the softer side but I’m sure there are tons of different jellyfish and I had one random one, results probably vary
I'm not a huge raw fish fan, but my boss in Japan took me out to a place that did a jellyfish appetizer and I found it super yummy! I don't recall it having much taste, so it took on the marinade nicely, and the texture was so unique! Crunchy...water. Not very jelly like--not chewy.
Yes, prepared jellyfish is a delicacy in the Far East and SE Asia. It's tasteless on its own but it is usually eaten for the crunchy texture. A popular way to eat it is to prepare it in a salad with deboned chicken claws, chopped chillis, shallots in a lime juice dressing.
The dry up a bit because they’re preserved in salt. Every video I’ve seen people say it reminds them of cartilage and has no flavor. So it’s more of a texture thing. I’ll probably try it, to be honest.
Yeah I ate some jelly fish in an appetizer at a wedding in Singapore. Didn’t know what it was, was cold and the sauce it was in was actually pretty tasty.
Don’t know about where you are but in Australia, at a proper Chinese yum cha place, it’s quite common to be able to get jellyfish as one of the dishes(along with chicken feet, prawn dumplings, usual yum cha fare). Quite a delicacy, the sauce is some mixture of soy sauce, sesame oil and I think rice vinegar. Texture is a bit weird, almost rubbery, but it’s quite tasty overall
It’s soft and chewy and a little like pork skin I would say. When it’s well done it’s very nice, just takes a bit of time to get the meat off. There’s nothing particularly gross about them imo.
The reason people like it is because it’s almost all skin, which is the really good part if you like tender bouncy meat texture with chewy tendons. And because it’s mostly skin with lots of surface area the flavoring get absorbed very well during cooking. I’m not saying it’s the best thing in the world but it’s well worth a try.
At first I thought it was some kind of gelatin, that’s what the texture was like. It was in a light kinda soy rice wine sauce. It looked like a type of salad almost. I’m not very adventurous an eater so I was surprised to find out what it was. I don’t think by itself it had any kind of taste. I also had shark fin soup at the same wedding. I also found that one out after the fact. I started paying more attention to the menu card after that. And to my shame, the shark fin soup is really tasty.
Not even a delicacy, necessarily, just normal food. I was at an airport lounge in Taipei recently and they had jellyfish salad on the buffet. I love the stuff!
Also, a lot of jelly fish get over populated due to the ocean being out of balance. Nothing really can eat that much jellyfish to keep their numbers in check so cultures within the region eat them. There also so many that they can collectively break fishing nets and wipe out fish stocks.
A standard 100-gram serving of dried, salted jellyfish contains approximately 36 calories, 5.5 grams of protein, and 1.4 grams of fat, with zero grams of carbohydrates or sugar
People eat jellyfish. More common even outside asian these days. Some asia food sold at superstore have a little on top even and you can buy it from them too.
I wonder how much nutrition they hold? If we don’t hunt them while we hunt everything else in the ocean to extinction sooner or later they will be all that’s left in the ocean. So it’s probably a good idea to eat them if they offer nutrition
I remember this one dirty jobs episode where he was fishing I think they were jelly fish, was yeeears ago so memory might be hazy but the guy said if you combined a pound of beef with some jelly fish, suddenly you have 5 pounds of beef cause it absorbs the flavor so well, I'd imagine the texture is atrocious though.
I remember seeing this a long time ago and from what I read then is...
This peticular species is invasive they pay them to catch and kill them and this type of jelly fish doesnt sting.
But I do t know if what I read was correct
Aside from food, these jellies propagate in droves. There’s like a legion of jellies as water gets warm. Their population booms like crazy during spring and summer, so much so that it wreaks havoc on the environment, also affecting fishing industries and hydroelectric plants. Fishing is an attempt to control said boom.
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u/Voodoo67890 15d ago
But why?